Stuffed doll.



A. L. WHEELDON.

STUFFED DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-30,1911- Patented Apr. 9,1918.

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ARTHUR LEONARD WHEELDON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO DEANS RAG BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

STUFFED DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed January 30, 1917. Serial No. 145,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR LEONARD VVHEELDON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stuffed Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

In stuffed dolls and like toys or sheets for making up into stuffed dolls and toys, it has been usual to print or construct the front of the body and leg and front part of the foot in one piece, the back of the body and le and back part of the foot in another piece, and the sole of the foot as a third piece, these three pieces being sewn together at their edges with the printed side of the figure face to face. It has been usual to then turn such sewn article inside out so as to bring the printed surfaces outside after which the article is stufied to form the doll. Now the object of this invention is to print or construct the foot of the doll or toy in such a way that the separate sole piece is not required and that the foot is easier to make up and is given a better shape than when the separate sole is used.

My invention will be clearly understood from the following description aided by the annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a doll constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view of sufiicient of the front of a leg and foot ready for sewing and Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3 but of the back of the leg and foot, and

Fig. 5 is an under view of the sole of the foot when made up.

According to this invention I print or cut out the front of the foot 1 of a shape as will be seen in the drawings, the leg portion 2 broadening from about the ankle to points '3 and then narrowing inward by two curves shown by the lines a, which indicate the cutting edge and which meet at about the center 5, which is somewhat below the plane of the points 3.

The back of the foot is printed or cut out somewhat similarly, see Fig. 4:, except that the center 5 is approximately in the same plane as the points 3.

In making up the doll I'place the sheets with the printed side face to face as usual gether the two edges of the dart thus formed along the dotted lines, after which I sew the two pieces of the foot together along the lines 6, 6 and 7, 7, from the points 3*, 5, and 3a, and then turn the foot and legs with the body inside out as is usual, the result being that the foot portion will be a more correct imitation of shape of a foot than when the sole is sewn on separately. The article 1S finally stuffed as usual.

The feet may be ornamented and colored in any suitable manner to represent a boot,

sock or foot and the invention may be ap-' plied to feet of animals where suitable.

What I claim and desire to secure Letters Patent is A rag doll, having each leg thereof constructed of a pair of separate blanks arranged face to face, one for the front of the leg and the other for the back, and stitched together continuously along their marginal edges with the seam lines following the con.- tour of the blanks; the blanks of each pair first broadening from the ankle portion along outwardly-directed, symmetricallyourved lines which terminate at oppositelylocated points, and then narrowing from the first-named points along inwardly-directed, symmetrically-curved lines which meet at a point midway between said first named points, whereby the portion of the blanks between the adjacent first and second-named curved lines will form the complete foot of the corresponding leg, with the seams positioned crosswise under the foot; each front blank being drawn inward at the ankle portion thereof to form a transverse dart, the edges of which are sewn together so as to define the ankle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR LEONARD WHEELDON Witnesses:

A. E. MAr'rocKs, F. C. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the' Gommissioner of Patents, Weahingtou, 10.0. 

